GeForce GTS 450 vs GeForce GTX 650
Summary
GeForce GTS 450
100%
GeForce GTX 650
135%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTS 450 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 650 |
| 41 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTS 450 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 35% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 650
The GeForce GTX 650 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTS 450 | | GeForce GTX 650 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF106 (GF106-250-KA-A1) | vs | GK106 () |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 238 mm² | vs | 221 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,170 million | vs | 2,540 million |
| Shaders | 192 | vs | 384 |
| Compute Units | 4 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 783 MHz | vs | 1058 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 32 | vs | 32 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTS 450 | | GeForce GTX 650 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 902 MHz
3608 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTS 450 | | GeForce GTX 650 | |
|---|
| TDP | 106 watts | vs | 65 watts |
| Release Date | 13 Sep 2010 | vs | 27 Nov 2013 |
GeForce GTS 450
6.26 GP/s
GeForce GTX 650
8.46 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTS 450
25.10 GT/s
GeForce GTX 650
33.90 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTS 450
57.70 GB/s
GeForce GTX 650
80.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTS 450
601.30 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 650
812.50 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTS 450
2120
GeForce GTX 650
2880
Points (higher is better)